Wind dispersal of alpine plant species: A comparison with lowland species

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 109-118

  Tackenberg, Oliver ^a   Stöcklin, Jürg ^b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dispersal kernel; Dispersal strategy; Functional ecology; Glacier foreland; Long distance dispersal; Macroecology; Seed dispersal model; Simulation model; Terminal velocity; Wind dispersal model

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ANEMOCHORY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GLACIER; MACROECOLOGY; SEED DISPERSAL; WIND;

BAD LIPPSPRINGE; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 41349102418     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3170/2007-8-18338     Document Type: Article

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